Cork Airport’s €200m makeover is nearly complete — but there is plenty more to come

New high-tech security lanes and an expanded arrivals area lead a wider redevelopment, with a lounge, solar car park and transport improvements to follow

Cork Airport's new security scanners and revamped aarrivals will open on Wednesday, December 9. Picture: Larry Cummins

The writing was on the hoarding outside the construction site at Cork Airport for a year: “Completion, December 2026.”

The DAA Group’s €200m capital investment for the airport had been announced in May 2025. The screens went up around arrivals six months later. Publicly announcing the promised completion date of work on the new arrivals concourse, hi-tech security screening area, and executive lounge set a challenge.